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Diastase
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What's The Definition Of Diastase?Synonyms | Synonyms for Diastase: Related Terms | Find terms related to Diastase: See Also | Diastase In Webster's Dictionary \Di"a*stase\, n. [Gr. ? separation, fr. ?, ? to stand
apart; dia` through + ?, ?, to stand, set: cf. F. diastase.
Cf. {Diastasis}.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch
and dextrin into sugar.
Note: The name is more particularly applied to that ferment
formed during the germination of grain, as in the
malting of barley; but it is also occasionally used to
designate the amylolytic ferment contained in animal
fluids, as in the saliva.
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